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What a load of hooey. Simply put: Police officers are not my peers. They do not represent a balanced cross-section of my geographic or socioconomic neighborh
by gills 18y ago
What a load of hooey.
Simply put: Police officers are not my peers. They do not represent a balanced cross-section of my geographic or socioconomic neighborhood. A single police officer cannot perform the duties of the jury afforded me by the constitution.
If we're going to have street justice, let's do it in style. A former colleague's idea was to allow any arbitrary group of 12 people to act as judge, jury, and executioner on the spot. The natural result would be armed groups of 12 people riding around in vans...